Israel suspends peace talks with Palestinians - Israeli official

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(Adds government an**uncement, comments by Israeli official) JERUSALEM, April 24 (Reuters) - Israel suspended peace talks with the Palestinians on Thursday in response to President Mahmoud Abbas's unity agreement with Hamas Islamists. "The security cabinet decided unanimously this evening that the government of Israel will **t hold negotiations with a Palestinian government that is backed by Hamas, a terror organisation that calls for Israel's destruction," an official statement said after a six-hour meeting. Asked to clarify whether that meant the talks were **w frozen or would be called off only after a unity government was formed, a senior Israeli official said: "They are currently suspended." Hamas, listed by the United States as a terrorist organisation, an**unced the unity pact with Abbas's Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Wednesday.

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